MAY JUNE 2001 TRANSACTIONS

- The Pittsburgh Penguins release Matt Pettinger (F), Dennis Bonvie (F) , Matt Herr (F), and sign Jeff Panzer, Ladislav Kohn, and Ronald Petrovicky.

- The San Jose Sharks sign Martin Erat and release Derek Gustafson.

- The Atlanta Thrashers release Michal Travnicek

- Vancouver Canucks release Corey Hirsch and sign Kevin Swanson, Justin Hocking, Pat Kavanagh

  MAY 19, 2001

- The New York Islanders release Dmitri Nabokov and Niklas Andersson, and sign Ty Conklin.

- The Calgary Flames acquire John Maclean and 5th round pick to complete an earlier deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

- The Calgary Flames release Tim Eriksson.

  MAY 20, 2001

- The San Jose Sharks sign Chris Neil (F) and release Jeremy Van Hoof.

- The Calgary Flames release Zac Bierk (G).

- The Atlanta Thrashers claim Matt Pettinger off waivers and release Dmitri Yakushin (D).

  MAY 19, 2001

- The New York Islanders release Dmitri Nabokov and Niklas Andersson, and sign Ty Conklin.

- The Calgary Flames acquire John Maclean and 5th round pick to complete an earlier deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets.

- The Calgary Flames release Tim Eriksson.

  MAY 25, 2001

- The Atlanta Thrashers sign Matt Pettinger (F) and release Dmitri Yakushin (D).

- The San Jose Sharks release Chris Neil (F), and Miguel Delisle (F) and sign Vladimir Orszagh (F) and Christian Chartier (D).

- The Pittsburgh Penguins sign Fredrik Olausson (D) and release Lance Ward (D).

- The Washington Capitals sign Travis Roche (D), and Mathieu Darch (F).

June 1, 2001

- The Florida Panthers sign Kyle Wanvig (F) and release Chris Allen (D).

- The San Jose Sharks sign Lance Galbraith and release Toby Petersen (F).

- The Minnesota Wild sign Kristoffer Ottosson and release Frantisek Mrazek (F).

- The Atlanta Thrashers sign Ryan Kraft (F) and release Eric Nicklaus (F).

- The Calgary Flames sign Anton But (F).

  June 9, 2001

- The Pittsburgh Penguins recieve the Flame’s 2001 2nd round pick as a condition of the February 1st deal with Calgary.

- The Minnesota Wild trade the 1st overall pick (2001), Jeff Odgers & Pavel Patera to the Calgary Flames for the 4th, 5th, 9th overall picks and Lars Jonsson

- The Minnesota Wild release Michal Bros (F), and sign Stanislav Gron (F)

- The New Jersey Devils trade Sergei Fedorov and Denny Lambert to the the Calgary Flames for Pavel Brendl, 13th pick, Niko Kapanen and the King's 3rdrounder

- The Phoenix Coyotes trade Gary Roberts and Wade Belak to the San Jose Sharks for Jeff Taffe, Rob Valicevic and Dale Purinton.

- The San Jose Sharks sign Lance Ward.

- The Minnesota Wild trade the 2001 1st overall pick , Jeff Odgers & Pavel Patera to the Calgary Flames for the 4th, 5th, 9th overall picks, & Lars Jonsson

- The Atlanta Thrashers sign Ravil Gusmanov (F) and Marc-Andre Bergeron (D) and release Jan Caloun (F) and Alex Fomitchev (G)

  June 10, 2001

- The New York Rangers release Adam Colagiacomo (F) and Matt DeMarchi to sign Marc Chouinard and Sean Pronger.

- The San Jose Sharks trade Brandon Reid (F) and the Islanders 2001 2nd round draft pick to the New Jersey Devils for Matt Cooke.

- The New Jersey Devils trade Mariusz Czerkawski to Calgary for Mattias Weinhandl (F), Christian Berglund (F) and Vancouver's 2001 5th round pick.

- The New Jersey Devils release Casey Hankinson (F), Tim Taylor and sign Fedor Fedorov (F).

- The Calgary Flames trade Sergei Varlamov (F) to the Minnesota Wild for future considerations.

- The Columbus Blue Jackets sign Dmitry Nabokov (F).

- The New York Islanders deal Christian Backman and their 2002 2nd round draft pick to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Robyn Regehr.

-The Vancouver Canucks trade Felix Potvin and the Canucks 2002 2nd round draft pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for Nikolai Khabibulin.

  June 13, 2001

- The Pittsburgh Penguins trade Kenny Jonsson (D) to the Florida Panthers for Mike Leclerc (F).

- The Calgary Flames trade Sergei Varlamov (F) to the Minnesota Wild for future considerations.

- The Calgary Flames claim Tim Taylor (F) off of waivers.

- The Washington Capitals sign Jukka Hentunen (F)

- The Pittsburgh Penguins trade Trent Whitfield and Pittsburgh's 2001 3rd round pick to the New York Rangers for Trent Klatt and Columbus's 2001 3rd round pick

-The Vancouver Canucks trade Brent Sopel (D) to the Ottawa Senators for Andre Roy (F)

-The Atlanta Thrashers release prospect Michal Hakkanson and sign free agent Vesa Toskala (G)

-The Vancouver Canucks trade its 4th and 5th round picks in the 2001 draft to the Washington Capitals for Scott Lachance,

- The Vancouver Canucks release Greg Hawgood (D), Justin Hocking (D), Martin Gendron (F), Robert Jindrich (D) Joe Hulbig (F), and Kevin Swanson (G).

-The San Jose Sharks trade Marek Posmyk (D), Andy Hilbert (F), Mike Minard (G), and Lance Galbraith (F) to the Vancouver Canucks for Future Considerations.

- The San Jose Sharks sign Brad DeFauw (F), Seamus Kotyk (G) and Chris Neil (F).

- The Vancouver Canucks trade Jan Hrdina (F) and Sergei Zubov to the Ottawa Senators for Daniel Alfredsson (F), Jason York (D), and Mike Fisher (F).

June 15, 2001

- The Columbus Blue Jackets trade Anson Carter, the 31st overall 2001 pick, their 2002 Columbus 3rd round pick to the Calgary Flames for the 2001 3rd overall pick.

- The Columbus Blue Jackets sign Robert Jindrich (D).

- The Vancouver Canucks trade Martin Straka (F) Robert Lang (F) Adrian Aucion (D) and Garth Snow (G) to the Mighty Ducks for Tommy Salo (G) Bobby Holik (F) and Sergei Brylin (F).

- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks release Bert Robertsson (D).

- The Atlanta Thrashers trade their 4th and 5th round draft picks in 2001 to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Radim Bicanek (D).

- The Atlanta Thrashers release Blair Betts (F).

- The Montreal Canadiens trade Trevor Linden (F) to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Scott Pellerin (F).

-The New York Rangers sign Adam Colagiacomo (F).

- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade Petr Nedved to the Calgary Flames for Daniel Cloutier and Olli Jokinen.

-The Philadelphia Flyers trade Kevin Weekes (G) and their 2002 2nd round draft pick to the Calgary Flames for Ville Nieminen (F).

June 21, 2001

- The Edmonton Oilers sign Bert Robertsson (D).

- The San Jose Sharks release Wade Belak (D), and sign Marko Kiprusoff (D), and Mikael Hakansson (F).

- The San Jose Sharks deal Dany Heatley, David Legwand and the #12 overall pick in the 2001 draft to the Philadelphia Flyers for Jeff Friesen, Daymond Langkow and the #11 overall pick in the 2001 entry draft.

- The San Jose Sharks trade Jiri Fischer and the Los Angeles Kings 2nd round draft pick (previously acquired by the Sharks) to the Atlanta Thrasher for Aki Berg.

- The Toronto Maple Leafs trade Brendan Morrison (F) to the Vancouver Canucks for Bobby Holik (F).

- The Calgary Flames sign Dick Tärnström (D), and release Johan Asplund (G)

- The Pittsburgh Penguins trade Ed Jovanovski, Marty Reasoner, and Petr Buzek to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Niklas Lidstrom, Georges Laraque, Robert Jindrich, ATL 5th 2001 and CBJ 2nd 2002

- The New York Rangers release Adam Colagiacomo (F), and sign Andreas Johansson (F).

- The Florida Panthers trade Michal Handzus (F) to the Montreal Canadiens for Jose Theodore (G).

- The Columbus Blue Jackets sign Levente Szuper (G), and Mark Rycroft (F), and release Jeff Zehr (F), and Robert Jindrich (D).

- The Minnesota Wild sign Curtis Murphy (D)

- The Florida Panthers sign Blair Betts (F) and release Sebastien Bordeleau (F).

June 21, 2001

- The Nashville Predators under league management release Tony Granato (F)

June 28, 2001

- The New York Rangers trade Donald Audette and future considerations to the Colorado Avalanche for Richard Zednik, and the 28 and 150th overall picks in the UFHL draft.

-The San Jose Sharks trade the 78th, 99thm and 129th overall picks in the UFHL draft to the Comlumus Blue Jackets for the 56th overall pick.

-The Columbus Blue Jackets trade Espen Knutsen, Eric Daze, and Steve Guolla to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks for Randy McKay, and the 7th and 45th overall picks in the UFHL draft.

-The Washington Capitals sign Guillame Lefebvre.

-The New York Rangers trade Brian Gionta to the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 45th overall pick in the UFHL draft.

-The San Jose Sharks trade picks # 39, 48, 54, and 56 to the Calgary Flames for the 23rd overall pick in the UFHL Draft.

- The Calgary Flames trade the #39 th pick in the UFHL draft to the Atlanta Thrashers for future considerations

- The Anaheim Ducks release Vadim Sharifijanov (F), and Dan Trebil (D).

- The Calgary Flames trade the: 48th, 56th and 63rd picks in the 2001 UFHL draft to the Toronto Maple Leafs for future considerations.

June 29, 2001

- The Phoenix Coyotes sign Craig Mills (F), and Frederic Cassivi (G).

- The Anaheim Mighty Ducks trade the #105th and #135th picks in the UFHL draft to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Mike Eastwood.

- The New York Islanders trade Vladimir Malahkov and future considerations to the Los Angeles Kings for the 14th Overall Pick in the 2001 Draft.

June 30, 2001

-  The Pittsburgh Penguins acquire Trevor Linden and the 129th Overall Pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 34th and 124th Overall Picks

- The Atlanta Thrashers acquire Reto Von Arx, Johan Holmqvist, and the 124th Overall Pick from the Columbus Blue Jackets for the 61st and 64th Overall Picks

- The Ottawa Senators acquire the 62nd, 111th, 119th, 123rd, and 141st Overall Picks from the Washington Capitals for 2002 2nd Round Pick